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Da Kine
The 31st Annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards -- the year's major recognition ceremony in local music -- takes place tonight, with performances planned by the Brothers Cazimero, John Cruz, Hoku Zuttermeister, the Opihi Pickers and more.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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A Blast from the Past: 25 years and Counting
Get ready for the excitement! Jekyll Island Beach Music Fest '08 takes place August 15-16.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Last.fm Signs Video Deal With Universal
You lose one, you gain one. After Warner’s recent blow to Last.fm, when WMG pulled its music catalogue from the service, Last.fm now signed a deal with Universal Music Group which will bring UMG’s music video catalogue available for free-on-demand streaming to Last.fm users. UMG’s roster includes artists such as Jay-Z, Nirvana, Def Leppard, Amy [...]
Mashable |
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Coldplay free London
Coldplay made their live return in the UK last night, playing a free concert in London.
Dotmusic via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Namibia: Festival Against Drugs and Alcohol
The 3rd year social work students of the University of Namibia in conjunction with Bank Windhoek, Coalition on Responsible Drinking, Namibia Breweries, and the Drug Awareness Group are organizing a TADA choir festival that will take place this Saturday.
AllAfrica.com |
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Powers Ecast Network to Deliver the Highest Quality out-of-Home Entertainment Experience Faster Download Speeds ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 17, 2008--Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced that it is enabling Ecast to effortlessly distribute premium content via its network of broadband touchscreens in more than 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the country.
INO News |
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Akamai Powers Ecast Network to Deliver the Highest Quality out-of-Home Entertainment Experience
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced that it is enabling Ecast to effortlessly distribute premium content via its network of broadband touchscreens in more than 10,000 bars and nightclubs across the country.
Centre Daily Times |
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Tony Awards Nod To The Past And Future
Broadway looked to the future - and to its past - at the 2008 Tony Awards Sunday night with “In the Heights,” the best musical
New London Day |
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Principal leaving Performing Arts
Kevin E. Kazmierczak, principal of the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts for the past eight years, is leaving next month to become principal of Tonawanda Senior High School.
The Buffalo News |
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Screening to benefit Carvings for a Cause
A documentary on Carvings for a Cause, a nonprofit devoted to making sculptures and crafts from trees felled by the October 2006 snowstorm, will premiere at a fundraiser for the organization at 6 p. m. Wednesday in the Town Ballroom. The film was produced by the Canisius College Video Institute.
The Buffalo News |
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Hip Hop Artist Johnny Prez Launches Music Label
Multi-platinum hip hop artist Johnny Prez has launched Prezident Music, a music production company and record label based in his home town of San Juan, Puerto Rico with a satellite office in New York City to open in July.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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The Black Angels' dark tunes soar
Listening to some rock songs is like happily splashing along the surface of a shallow pond. Listening to the Black Angels is like being submerged in a diving bell deep under the ocean. The Austin, Texas, band's sprawling, ambitious psychedelic rock (as heard on the new "Directions to See A Ghost") album is such an immersive experience that you feel like your toes never touch the bottom. The ...
The Capital Times |
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New Bronfman CD worthy of a Grammy
Here are two new classical releases that bridge this past season and the next season: Schubert's "Trout" Quintet and Mozart's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K/ 493. Yefim Bronfman and others (Sony/BMG). If you enjoyed pianist Yefim Bronfman, who performed Prokofiev's dazzling Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major at the season-closing concert of the Madison Symphony Orchestra in late April, you might ...
The Capital Times |
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South Africa: Dial Up a Local Tune With MTN
MTN is aiming to boost the local music scene by helping musicians prepare professional recordings for downloading to a cellphone.
AllAfrica.com |
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Average iPod has 800 illegal tracks
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com , Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 11:27:00 But four out of five kids are willing to pay for legal downloads Young iPod owners are walking around with an average of 842 illegally copied songs, according to research by the University of Hertfordshire....
vnunet.com |
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Comic duo runs away with 'Kate'
Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre's production of Cole Porter's ''Kiss Me Kate'' is visually outstanding, with sumptuous sets and gorgeous and imaginative costumes.
The Morning Call |
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Hebrides Ensemble strengthens city bond
THE Hebrides Ensemble's latest project, which comes to Eden Court on Friday, will revive the chamber opera which launched the very first St Magnus Festival in Orkney.
The Inverness Courier |
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MASH Holds Fundraiser To Help End Homelessness
Mystic Area Shelter and Hospitality, Inc. (MASH), a local non-profit organization dedicated to ending family homelessness, will hold its annual Auction for Action event Saturday
New London Day |
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Last.fm strikes Universal Music video deal
Last.fm added more than 12,000 full-length music videos to its site today following a deal with Universal Music covering the group's artists including Amy Winehouse, Jay-Z, Nirvana and Kanye West. The video deal is the first global arrangement with a major music group for the CBS-owned site, allowing users to stream official music videos and the tracks in full for free, though not ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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INX Media to launch 9X, 9XM in Middle East
India's popular Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) 9X, along with the country's No. 1 Music Entertainment Channel 9XM -- in the Middle East.
AME Info |
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BUENA: Italian Day festivities set for June 29
BUENA -- The Sicilian-American Club of South Jersey will hold its 17th annual Italian Day Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at Bruno Melini Memorial Park behind Buena Borough Hall on Central Avenue in Minotola.
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‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!’
Sarah Nichols (left), Malone Thomas and Dylan Gerard play as Aunt Eller, Laurey Williams and Curly McLain in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical ‘Oklahoma!’ Monday afternoon during a dress rehearsal.
Lake City Reporter |
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Police arrest 70 Sikh protesters after attack on MTV office in India
MUMBAI - POLICE arrested 70 Sikh protesters after the MTV music channel's office in western India was vandalised, police said on Tuesday.
Straits Times |
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Lack of cash may cut B.C. birthday bash short
Organizers starting to worry as $6-million from Heritage Canada still has not arrived
The Globe and Mail |
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Average iPod has 800 illegal tracks
Young iPod owners are walking around with an average of 842 illegally copied songs, according to research by the University of Hertfordshire.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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